Efficacy of Hydroquinone (2%) Versus Tretinoin (0.025%) as Adjunct Topical Agents for Chemical Peeling in Patients of Melasma

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 385-389

  Nanda, Soni ^a,b   Grover, Chander ^a   Reddy, Belum S N ^a   Monheit, Gary ^c  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b East End Apartments   (India)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROQUINONE; MELALITE; RETINO A; RETINOIC ACID; SUNSCREEN; TOPICAL AGENT; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BURN; CHEMICAL PEELING; CHLOASMA; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FITZPATRICK SKIN TYPE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN; SKIN PRIMING;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHEMEXFOLIATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROQUINONES; HYPERPIGMENTATION; KERATOLYTIC AGENTS; MALE; MELANOSIS; TRETINOIN;

EID: 1942504415     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2004.30106.x     Document Type: Article

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